Psalms 52:5 · KJV
“God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}”
— Psalms 52:5
Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalms 52 — Context
Thou lovest evil more than good; {and} lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}
6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7Lo, {this is} the man {that} made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, {and} strengthened himself in his wickedness. {wickedness: or, substance}
Cross References
Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}
Psalms 27:13
{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Job 18:14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.
Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see the LORD, {even} the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
Luke 16:27-28
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: